A one-wheeled drone could solve several challenges of traditional and flying drone delivery Drone delivery has been discussed, promised and tested frequently over the past three years, with... Read more

Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) and The University of Sydney have developed a world-first radio-tracking drone to locate radio-tagged wildlife. Lead researcher Dr Deb... Read more

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a centimeter-accurate GPS-based positioning system that could revolutionize geolocation... Read more

Conventional silicon-based computing, which has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent decades, is pushing against its practical limits. DNA computing could help take the digital era to the... Read more

DARPA aims to give small unmanned aerial vehicles advanced perception and autonomy to rapidly search buildings or other cluttered environments without teleoperation Military teams patrolling... Read more

It’s not uncommon to see cameras mounted on store ceilings, propped up in public places or placed inside subways, buses and even on the dashboards of cars. Cameras record our world down to t... Read more

With the development of a new safety feature that locates collision-free escape routes, Volvo Cars has taken one of the final steps towards realising its vision that by 2020 no one should be... Read more

Computer modelling of the human eye, the brain of a rat and a robot could revolutionise advances in neuroscience and new technology, says a QUT leading robotics researcher. Dr Michael Milfor... Read more

IT TAKES chutzpah to tweet “rockets are tricky” shortly after one you have just launched has deliberately blown itself up. But Elon Musk, founder and boss of SpaceX, is not a man who lacks s... Read more

Following an earthquake or another natural disaster, it is often difficult to know the position of victims under the rubble A drone makes large circles in the sky. With two powerful antennas... Read more

Computer simulation shows how to make a crystal that would toggle like a light switch between conductive and non-conductive structures. This could lead to flexible electronic materials and,... Read more

3D printing trials of unmanned aircraft at the University of Sheffield broaden the possibilities for this emergent technology Engineers at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) a... Read more

Instead of being constrained by only being able to study sick patients, this platform projects virtual illnesses onto healthy subjects. The Hannover Medical School has developed an augmented... Read more

Positioning technology developed at KTH will save lives and protect emergency responders in hazardous environments. Fire, smoke and zero visibility – a firefighter’s working environment is e... Read more